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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does White compare a non-local visiting New Yorker to?
(a) A commoner coming to a royal court.
(b) An alien visiting a new world.
(c) A foreigner coming to a new country.
(d) A fish talking to a bird.

2. What changed about Greenwich Village since White lived in New York?
(a) The purpose.
(b) The look and feel.
(c) The business hub.
(d) The kind of tenants.

3. What does White say an enemy could use to destroy the city?
(a) Small planes.
(b) Cannons.
(c) Hackers.
(d) Air raids.

4. Where did White die?
(a) New York.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. What nickname did White have in college?
(a) Archie.
(b) Andy.
(c) Alfie.
(d) Angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White say a small number of visitors will feel about their visit to New York?

2. What is amazing to White about the subterranean lines under the city?

3. What does White compare the city to?

4. What does White say a bus driver in New York will do if someone asks them a silly question?

5. What were pulled down in New York since White was a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed about Grand Central Station since White lived in New York?

2. What part of the city does White describe in the most detail and why?

3. What does White say about the Empire State building?

4. What does White say someone has to do to find good things in New York?

5. What does White say about the subterranean pipes in New York?

6. What does White say he knows will skew the numbers he listed?

7. How does White show the amazing variety of people living in New York?

8. Where did White live while he was very poor in New York?

9. How does White say the city could easily be destroyed?

10. What does White say would happen if the different communities stopped tolerating each other?

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